Frankenwheely's Wraith Build "Hoofed Hussy"

[Frankenwheely]

More of a rebuild or twist,spin, etc.
Well Rcbros let me purchase his already tricked out wraith to fund his next project. So now this is my project.I've been wanting a wraith for awhile and I was just waiting for a good one to show up. And here she is.
List of goodies that came with it:

Vanquish Steering Links
Vanquish panhard mount
Vanquish front dh wheels
Vanquish rear slw wheels
RC4WD baja claws
Robison racing transmission gears
Mips
Tekin 17.5 with tekin rs
Team3six seats with driver
Axial knuckles
Axial kit universals
Rcbros rear cover
Rcbros windshield
Rcbros fairlead
7950 hitec servo
Futaba mini servo winch with heyok controller and warpig spool.

How it looked when I got it.







I'm going to do a few upgrades at first, take her for a spin, kick the tires and see what else I would like to do with it. There might be a lot of stuff coming off of this (Sorry Will) because my main intention is making it a bulletproof basher.

[Frankenwheely]

In a hurry it looks like he mounted the knuckles backwards. Flipped them and added some HR chubs that I stole from my sporty. Much better.



Switched all the links to aluminum that I had laying around forever.

[Frankenwheely]

Threw this in to see if it runs.


I am waiting to get a futaba to be able to the winch. I also threw some losi springs to see how it does. White in the front, gold in the rear. I'm running the stock shock, any suggestions on what shocks to run besides big bores or scx10. (I know they are good) Kinda want to try something different.

[JeremyH]

Nice! You'll have fun with this truck!

[Krawler Konceptz]

Ver nice start, they are a lot of fun. The wraith over all great rig and looking to see what you add to make it your own.

Rob

[crawlingfolife]

Great build good start enjoy it I push mine as hard as I can

[Frankenwheely]

HooWee! This thing is fun. Had a couple of minor breaks. Screws walking out, bad lipo. And cracked the front bumper.


It was a wicked test spot for sure. It was like a mini G6 minus the running.
Just a taste of the terrain that kicked my butt a little.


Overall the rig did pretty well. The shocks did really well with the spring adjustment. The tires need to be broken in, but they were hooking up enough to get there and back.




I'm working on a name for this rig so the thread title change will happen. Keep an eye out.

[Bagged]

Sweet! Looks like a cool spot. Took mine out for the first time today also. Only problem I had was screws coming out to.

[RcBro]

Enjoy this rig, wish I could have drove it more but I'd rather see someone use it then it sit on the shelf.

[Devil Inc]

That little test spot looks like some fun.

[Frankenwheely]

Originally Posted by RcBro

Enjoy this rig, wish I could have drove it more but I'd rather see someone use it then it sit on the shelf.

Thanks man. At first I couldn't believe I pulled the trigger. Now that I have it, I am happy with the purchase.

Speaking of Rcbro, He Bling'd it out with the Rcrbro logos, as you have seen. But he also included a Dinky RC hood. I hinged it up and going to paint it along with the other stock panels he included as well.





And I would like to thank Harley for changing my thread title.

[Frankenwheely]

I found a 3 channel spektrum rx. So I got to plug in the winch and the lights. The lights work.


Now. My DX3R scroll button is toast. In which it scrolls when it wants to or doesn't at all. Which it makes it difficult to scroll through the menu. (Just to switch between rigs may take a minute or two to get it to cooperate.) So that doesn't help on how to operate the winch with this controller.


Questions:
-Can I operate a winch with a DX3R?
-If so, what button/buttons do I need to set it to in order to get it to work?
Plus which option do I select to make it work?

[Krawler Konceptz]

Originally Posted by Frankenwheely

Questions:
-Can I operate a winch with a DX3R?
-If so, what button/buttons do I need to set it to in order to get it to work?
Plus which option do I select to make it work?

Yes you can operate a winch with your DX3R.
In the menu go to the aux setting and chose switch button "D" as this is a three position switch. And you can also tune the rate on the switch.

Hope this helps

Rob

[Frankenwheely]

Originally Posted by Krawler Konceptz

Yes you can operate a winch with your DX3R.
In the menu go to the aux setting and chose switch button "D" as this is a three position switch. And you can also tune the rate on the switch.

Hope this helps

Rob

Ahh, what about the E switch? Will that work as well? I like it because it used to be my dig switch.
Also, Tune rate... it's just hard to go through it as the remote is being a beeyotch.

[Frankenwheely]

Got the panels painted ghetto style. Going to take it out to another test spot this weekend. Totally different than before...

[Frankenwheely]

Ahhhh. It's been awhile. Thought I would post up some new pics and info. Took it out to the desert to get some glamour shots and scout some video locations.
Ran it around camp to make sure it liked the sand, which it did.
Came back home, took it back to the test spot and beat the pizz out of it. No broken parts and nothing walked out. Parts and upgrades are coming, so stay tuned. Here are the glamour shots that I'm sure you have been waiting for....

[Frankenwheely]

Been a long while.....................again.
Got some sweet Crawler-Dad Lights mounted it up. These things are BRIGHT!
Version-1 5" bar has 12 LEDs at a brightness of 102 Lumens



Room lights on.


Room Lights off.


Shot of it lighting up my garage.


Great product for a great price. Will be buying more next time I see him.

[2manyprojects]

Love the build!


Sent from the lazy guy on the hard working phone.

[Kitty]

Originally Posted by Frankenwheely

Ahh, what about the E switch? Will that work as well? I like it because it used to be my dig switch.
Also, Tune rate... it's just hard to go through it as the remote is being a beeyotch.

it will work on any switch,i hev on mine and set the switch to linear

[JeremyH]

Running this in the G6 at nats?